NEW PRODUCTS
Titania Mugs
Twelfth Planet Press is proud to announce its new children’s imprint, Titania.
Titania’s books will be aimed at children between the ages of three and thirteen.
We aim to capture readers from their earliest forays into the marvels of books, and take them through to their teenage years. We aim to reflect diversity of sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity and religion within larger stories that could take us to the ends of the universe and back. We aim to create readers.We plan to raise questions in their minds, provoke discussion and foster a community of young readers who will go on to challenge the status quo as they grow and develop. And who, as they read, will discover the magic in words, and the magic in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Luminescent Threads
Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler
edited by Alexandra Pierce and Mimi Mondal
ISBN: 978-1-922101-42-6 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-922101-43-3 (ebk)
442pp
Published August 2017
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Luminescent Threads celebrates Octavia E. Butler, a pioneer of the science fiction genre who paved the way for future African American writers and other writers of colour.
Original essays and letters sourced and curated for this collection explore Butler’s depiction of power relationships, her complex treatment of race and identity, and her impact on feminism and women in Science Fiction. Follow the luminescent threads that connect Octavia E. Butler and her body of work to the many readers and writers who have found inspiration in her words, and the complex universes she created.
Too Sharp
Tara Sharp, Book 3
Marianne Delacourt
ISBN 978-1-922101-33-4 (print)
ISBN 978-1-922101-34-1 (ebook)
Cover design by Catherine Larsen
Published by our crime imprint, Deadlines, Mar 2017
Sharp Turn
Tara Sharp, Book 2
Marianne Delacourt
ISBN 978-1-922101-31-0 (print)
ISBN 978-1-922101-32-7 (ebook)
Cover design by Catherine Larsen
Published by our crime imprint, Deadlines, Nov 2016
Tara’s quirky PI business is attracting some even quirkier customers. She’s not sure how Madame Vine’s Escort Agency got her number. And then there’s the eccentric motorcycle racing team owner, Bolo Ignatius. Both these clients want to Tara to investigate suspicious circumstances that turn up dead bodies. That can only mean one thing in this town: John Viaspa. Tara goes in for round two with the local crime boss, while balancing the tight rope of her deliciously complicated love life.
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Tara Sharp’s life can only be describe as furious fun.
Year’s Best YA Speculative Fiction 2015
ISBN: 978-1-922101-50-1 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-922101-51-8 (ebk)
Published September 2016
Fans of Kaleidoscope will find more tales of wonder, adventure, diversity, and variety in this collection devoted to stories with teen protagonists.
Our goal is to uncover the best young adult short fiction of the year published in the anthologies dedicated to the form, the occasional special edition of a magazine, and individual pieces appearing in otherwise “adult” anthologies and magazines, and bring them together in one accessible collection.
Sharp Shooter
Tara Sharp, Book 1
Marianne Delacourt
ISBN 978-1-922101-29-7 (print)
ISBN 978-1-922101-30-3 (ebook)
Cover design by Catherine Larsen
Published by our crime imprint, Deadlines, May 2016
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Tara Sharp should be just another unemployable, twenty-something, ex-private schoolgirl … but she has the gift—or curse as she sees it—of reading people’s auras. The trouble is, auras sometimes tell you things about people they don’t want you to know.

Tara should know better than to get involved when she learns the job involves mob boss Johnny Vogue. But she’s broke and the magic words ‘retainer’ and ‘bonus’ have been mentioned. Soon Tara finds herself sucked into an underworld ‘situation’ that has her running for her life.
Defying Doomsday
Edited by Tsana Dolichva & Holly Kench
ISBN: 978-1-922101-40-2 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-922101-42-6 (ebk)
Published 30 May 2016.
Teens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet.
A woman faces giant spiders to collect silk and protect her family.
New friends take their radio show on the road in search of plague survivors.
A man seeks love in a fading world. Read the rest of this entry »

How would you survive the apocalypse? Teens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet. A woman faces giant spiders to collect silk and protect her family. New friends take their radio show on the road in search of plague survivors. A man seeks love in a fading world.
NEWS
Luminescent Threads on The Portalist
Alexandra Pierce, senior editor of Luminescent Threads, wrote an essay for The Portalist about the patterns around Octavia Butler. They're also running a competition to win a copy of the book. Check it...
read moreDefying Doomsday news
Recently, at the Continuum Convention in Melbourne, the Ditmar Awards were announced. The Ditmar Awards are awarded to Australian creators based on popular vote by the members of each year’s Australian National Convention (or NatCon). This year, Defying Doomsday won...
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Mother of Invention hits $20k!
Thank you so much to all of our splendid backers. We're delighted to have met our funding goal so quickly. WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS BOOK! We even have gotten a lovely write up in Books+Publishing today! But there's no sitting on laurels at the Twelfth Planet Press ranch....
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Mother of Invention Kickstarter hits $12k mark!
Overnight the Kickstarter campaign for Mother of Invention surpassed the $12 000 mark. Tansy has some fab milestone robots she's hanging out to use! It's not late to back the campaign here, and bring on the robot revolution:...
read moreMother of Invention – Kickstarter Campaign kicks off!
Twelfth Planet Press launched a new anthology crowdfunding campaign today on Kickstarter, for Mother of Invention, edited by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Rivqa Rafael. Mother of Invention will be a speculative fiction anthology of diverse, challenging stories about gender...
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Luminescent Threads Cover Reveal!
Revealing the cover of Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler. You can find the list of original contributors here. Coming in...
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Announcing the end of our Year’s Best YA Speculative Fiction series
After three years of fun putting together the Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction volumes for 2013, 2014, and 2015, we're stepping away from that series to focus on other projects. Alisa has her hands full with parenting and superstar Jamberry consultant work, and...
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Follow the ‘Too Sharp’ Book Tour
This week we launched Marianne's Too Sharp, the third in her series about psychic PI Tara Sharp, and readers can enjoy the award-winning first instalment, 'Sharp Shooter' for free. Check out where we've been this fortnight and catch up on all things Tara Sharp!...
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Contents Announcement! Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler
We are excited to announce the contributors of original letters and essays for Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler. There are letters from people who knew Butler and those who didn’t; some who studied under her at the Clarion and Clarion West...
read moreBooks and Pieces:
We get a lovely shout out from Books and Pieces. "Cos they’re from Twelfth Planet Press, they’ll be feminist as hell and no women are going to get fridged” ...
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Less than a week!
Less than a week til we let Too Sharp loose into the world!
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Tara Takes ‘Sharp Turn’ To Twelfth Planet Press
Marianne Delacourt's unorthodox PI Tara Sharp finds a new home at Twelfth Planet Press as the second novel in her award-winning series, 'Sharp Turn' gets a revamp UK 12/12/16 - Award-winning author Marianne Delacourt has just unveiled the new look for her...
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